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Responding to a status for a user based on nearby electronic devices

  • US 9,472,080 B1
  • Filed: 03/28/2016
  • Issued: 10/18/2016
  • Est. Priority Date: 08/25/2015
  • Status: Expired due to Fees
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1. A method for determining a status of a user of an electronic device, the method comprising:

  • determining, by one or more computer processors, information associated with a first user of the electronic device;

    identifying, by the one or more computer processors, a plurality of electronic devices that are within a range of wireless communication to the electronic device;

    defining, by the one or more computer processors, an area monitored by the electronic device, wherein the defined area is based, at least in part, on one or more user preferences and a value corresponding to a number of electronic devices within the identified plurality of electronic devices;

    monitoring, by the one or more computer processors, a group of the identified plurality of electronic devices that are within the defined area;

    calculating, by the one or more computer processors, a first safe-threshold value for the electronic device based on the information associated with the first user of the electronic device and monitored information from the group of the identified plurality of electronic devices, wherein calculating the first safe-threshold value further comprises;

    determining electronic devices included in the group of the identified plurality of electronic devices that are within the defined area monitored by the electronic device, wherein determining occurs periodically based, at least in part, on a polling rate of the electronic device;

    determining one or more weighting factors respectively associated with each determined electronic device of the identified group of the identified plurality of electronic devices; and

    calculating the first safe-threshold value based on an algorithm that includes;

    one or more weighting factors respectively associated with each determined electronic device of the group of the identified plurality of electronic devices;

    an activity of the first user;

    the information associated with the first user; and

    a degree of familiarity for the activity by the first user; and

    determining, by the one or more computer processors, the status for the first user based, at least in part, on the calculated first safe-threshold value for the electronic device, wherein determining the status of the first user further comprises;

    determining a second safe-threshold value for the first user based, at least in part, on;

    the one or more user preferences, wherein user preferences includes preferences of the first user;

    a number of electronic devices within the identified plurality of electronic devices;

    the activity of the first user;

    the information associated with the first user;

    the degree of familiarity for the activity by the first user; and

    comparing the first safe-threshold value to the second safe-threshold value; and

    in response to determining that the first safe-threshold value is greater than the second safe-threshold value for the first user, determining, by the one or more computer processors, that the status of the first user is safe; and

    in response to determining that the status of the first safe-threshold value is less than or equal to the second safe-threshold value for the first user determining that the status of the first user is not safe, initiating, by the one or more computer processors, one or more responses of the electronic device based, at least in part, the one or more user preferences.

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